Fête Roundup, Week 2

In the absence of Dr Capybara, unaccountably missing, I can at least give you a couple more fête entries to admire. [Call me, Doctor Capybara! We can sort this out! I give in to your vastly inflated salary demands!]

Firstly, an Office Supplies Yurt from Redfox!





At my prompting, Redfox has also provided instructions on how to make your own Office Supplies Yurt, an activity I am planning to adapt to my own Belgian needs imminently.

The walls (wall?) of the yurt is composed of large-size index cards that have been cut in half lengthwise and taped together into a misshapen ring. The misshaping is optional, but I feel it adds a certain charm.

The roof is a very wobbly circle cut out of letterhead, because I had nothing round of a suitable size to trace, and no compass. Wobbly circle a bit bigger than misshapen yurt ring, with a few tabs around the edges to give something to tape to the wall(s). Then I made a single cut from the edge to somewhere near the center, and folded over to make a shallow cone. Much fiddling, untaping, and retaping of both cone and ring ensued before the two would approximate fitting together. More tape. Tape, tape, tape.

Door: Sacrificed a bright red file folder that had obtained a coffee stain at some point in its life. The same file folder provided the pennant for the flag. Yellow and blue panels are made of Post-It, decorated with a combination of roller-ball and felt-tip pen.

Make your own! Yurts go viral!

Predictably, my gay son has been overreaching himself with a magnificent potato based entry. Do take your time and study it. Those potatoes lead rich, interesting lives.

Then, he wrapped his sausage in brown paper and sent it to me! I LOVE MY GAY SON. But don't worry, I won't be judging so let there be no accusations of bias.

Here, not exactly a fête entry, more of a pitiful failure, is my Bonne Maman puppet, observed by dinosaurs.

This is all I have for you. I am experimenting with the correct vegetable medium for the jerboa, but have yet to find the right blend of frisée, cauliflower and something with a long stalk. Hmmm.